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Re:Microsoft won't let me pay a $24 bill, blocking thousands... by viraptor on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @02:31PM (#46125567)
Why not open a new account? Surely for Azure you don't need a unique phone number for each one of them, right? You could run multiple companies after all. (I've got 5 independent AWS accounts, so expect some sanity like that)
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Re:Microsoft won't let me pay a $24 bill, blocking thousands... by Javin007 on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @02:39PM (#46125713)
It's more the hassle of it already being attached to my email/devices/phone. Honestly, I'll likely have to do this regardless before this gets resolved.
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Re:Microsoft won't let me pay a $24 bill, blocking thousands... by Garlef on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @04:18PM (#46127003)
Can't you do "[email protected]"?
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Re:Microsoft won't let me pay a $24 bill, blocking thousands... by superb_dev on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @09:36PM (#46129633)
I’m pretty sure that’s a Gmail feature, not every email will support it
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Re:Microsoft won't let me pay a $24 bill, blocking thousands... by BobbyTables2 on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @10:26PM (#46129957)
It’s actually a standard feature of the email RFCs, not Gmail.

Nowadays too many sites overzealously claim + is not a valid character…

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Re:Microsoft won't let me pay a $24 bill, blocking thousands... by worthless-trash on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @10:27PM (#46129964)
This feature was around well before gmail was a conceived. It was documented in RFC 5233 (admittedly an informational rfc) and many vendors support it.
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Re:Microsoft won't let me pay a $24 bill, blocking thousands... by viraptor on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @03:41PM (#46126548)
More hassle than being blocked in spending thousands, hanging on multiple calls, debugging support APIs, chasing docs, repeatedly posting feedback, posting for help in HN? Sorry, but this doesn't compute.

You don't need to change your phone to get a new account. And you don't have to change your personal email. And definitely don't need to change the physical device.

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Re:Microsoft won't let me pay a $24 bill, blocking thousands... by Javin007 on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @05:35PM (#46127904)
Not at all.

By going through that entire process, I now have a very compelling argument to go to the client with to recommend we switch vendors entirely.

Which will not only ultimately lose Microsoft a significant chunk of money, but will save ME future problems when their systems blow up again and I'm once again unable to get an answer better than, "create a new account and start over" once we're well in to the development lifecycle.

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Re:Microsoft won't let me pay a $24 bill, blocking thousands... by nayroclade on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @09:10PM (#46129496)
If you think you can't get into this kind of Kafkaesque billing nightmare with any large vendor, then I have some bad news for you...
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